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You can jump directly to these sections : The Story , Premiere , The Actors , The Director , The comic book , Things to buy , Links , News , Pictures , Bottom of the page |
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"The league of Extraordinary Gentlemen" - filmed in Prague summer of 2002 - during the flood! |
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The Story At the end of the 19th century, five flawed (some very much more than others) and dark heroes covertly defend the empire from evil criminal masterminds. These heroes are all literary creations by diverse authors - Bram Stoker's Mina Murray (married name Harker), H.G. Well's Invisible Man - well, almost, Jules Verne's Captain Nemo, H. Rider Haggard's Alan Quatermain and Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde. But in the movie, it's seven heroes! The script sounds like it will be somewhat different from the comic book. An American police detective, Thomas Sawyer (from the books by Mark Twain) - the grown up Tom Sawyer - has been added. Also Dorian Grey (an Oscar Wilde character), who is not featured until later in the saga of LoEG has been brought in early. The League is led by a woman in the comic, but her role in the movie looks less central. |
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Another comic by Alan Moore was recently filmed, "From Hell", starring Johnny Depp. It was not a big favorite with fans of the comic - let's hope LoEG fares better. Behind the Camera Filming is scheduled to start in June in Prague, the Czech Republic. Shooting will last 12-13 weeks in Prague and will then move to Iceland and Marocco. Budget is $80 million. Filming in Prague instead on in the US, wil lmake the budget seem three times as big. Since Dan Laustsen has already filmed in Africa (Running Free - in the Namibian desert) and in colder climes (Heart of Light - on Greenland), he should have no problems filming in Morocco and on Iceland. Premiere US premiere 11 July, 2003. Danish premiere 10 October. More release dates on IMDB |
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The Actors I have no idea whether all characters from the comic will be in the movie - time will tell. The pictures are of the characters as they probably appeared in the novels, so they might all look older in the movie. For a list of actors who have been under consideration, check Miqqe on the Web and Upcomingmovies, listed in the links section. |
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Alan Quatermain - Sean Connery . In the movie he is the team leader instead of Mina - guess he doesn't start out as an opium addict either. Born 25 August, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Official Sean Connery website. More details about his movies on IMDB. |
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Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray Peta Wilson (Nikita from the tv series). Read about it on IGN Filmforce Details of her movies on IMDB Fansites: PW Online, THE Site |
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Captain Nemo Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah (Monsoon Wedding) Read more on IGN Filmforce Details of his movies on IMDB. |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jason Flemyng (Snatch, Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels) Read more about him on IGN Filmforce Details of his movies on IMDB fansites: JF fansite |
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The Invisible Man aka Rodney Skinner Tony Curran (Blade 2, Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, Leprechauns) Read more about him on IGN Filmforce Details of his movies on IMDB Fansites: Unofficial TC, A Curran Afair |
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Thomas Sawyer Shane West (Once and Again, tv series) Read more on Upcomingmovies Born June 10, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. More details about his movies on IMDB |
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Dorian Grey Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned) Read more on IGN Filmforce Details of his 10+ movies on IMDB Fansites: ST org, ST net, at tripod, Unlimited |
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M Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge) Read more on IGN Filmforce Details of his 30+ movies on IMDB Fansite |
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The Director Stephen Norrington So far, the only movie seen made by Norrington, is Blade. Born 1965. More details about his movies on IMDB . Funny coincidence: Dan Laustsen was offered the job as cinematographer of "Blade 2", but preferred to film the historical drama "I am Dina" with old collaborator, director Ole Bornedal. Lausten already worked with "Blade 2" director Guillermo del Toro on Mimic in 1997. |  |
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The Comic book Written by Alan Moore , drawn by Kevin O'Neill, colored by Benedict Dimagmaliw and lettered by William Oakley. The first issue of the next six-part LoEG saga is out now - end of July, 2002. It brings together the different planet Mars of Edwin L. Arnold, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edward P. Bradbury, C.S. Lewis, H. G. Wells and others. |
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Things to buy .... The comic book of course! In Danmark: 
Rest of the world: Amazon - verrrry nice reviews. |
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Links to learn more about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen : Jess Nevin's impressive notes on the comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - panel by panel, all six issues - and a special page for the hardcover version. Learn all the clever references - and since the comic draws inspiration from many, many books, there's quite a lot to read and learn. Who knows - you might be inspired to pick up some of the books! Miqqe on the web - Michael's "diary" of the film project - with links to script reviews and suggestions of actors for the roles. Upcomingmovies page about the LoEG movie. Also lists all the inspirations, but worries about the Americanization of the comic. Corona's Coming Attractions about the LoEG movie. | ||
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News about the movie 4 June, 2003 Zap2it has a tidbit on LoEG- Connery Controversy on 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' 21 August 2002 IGN FilmForce has learned what's being shot in Malta and the flooding in Prague has damaged two filming loacations. 30 August IGN FilmForce has found the first stills from LoEG, featuring Quatermain, Nemo and Dante (one of the Fantom's henchmen). 6 September IGN FilmForce has found more stills, featuring Sean Connery and Peta Wilson with auburn haircolor. 7 November IGN Filmforce has found sneak pics of Connery, West and part of the Nautilus. |
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Pictures from the movie (click for a slightly bigger version - ctrl+w to close the new window) : |
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